Wednesday April 12, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

National League batting statistics through games of April 12, 1978:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Cincinnati       198   41    68   17    2    7    39    9    4   26    32  .343
Philadelphia     138   27    42   10    0    4    26    6    1   18    17  .304
Los Angeles      218   41    66   11    1    6    39    5    1   28    23  .303
Montreal         180   24    53    8    2    4    24    5    2   14    29  .294
St. Louis        171   24    49    9    1    3    23    6    1   11    26  .287
Houston          239   31    64   12    0    7    31    7    3   15    43  .268
Chicago          209   15    54    9    0    2    14    4    5   15    27  .258
Atlanta          167   20    42    1    0    7    19    2    3   20    23  .252
San Diego        162   18    40    8    1    2    17    3    4   19    25  .247
San Francisco    161   21    35    9    2    5    20    1    2   16    32  .217
New York         214   25    45    8    1    8    25    4    4   27    29  .210
Pittsburgh       153   11    25    6    0    1     9    2    2   22    25  .163

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Keith Hernandez (STL)     5   19    5   10   3   0   1    5   2   0    2    1  .526
Joe Morgan (CIN)          6   20    7   10   5   0   2   12   1   1    5    3  .500
George Foster (CIN)       6   23    8   10   1   0   2    4   1   1    2    5  .435
Bill Buckner (CHI)        5   21    4    9   1   0   1    2   2   0    1    2  .429
Dave Winfield (SD)        5   22    4    9   1   1   2    8   1   0    0    3  .409
Cesar Geronimo (CIN)      6   20    1    8   1   1   1    6   0   1    4    2  .400
Chris Speier (MON)        5   20    3    8   0   1   1    4   0   0    0    2  .400
Manny Trillo (CHI)        6   20    0    8   1   0   0    4   0   1    3    2  .400
Gary Matthews (ATL)       5   18    5    7   0   0   3    5   0   0    3    3  .389
Steve Yeager (LA)         5   18    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .389

 Atlanta              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Darrel Chaney          2    2    1    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    0 1.000
Rod Gilbreath          2    5    1    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .400
Gary Matthews          5   18    5    7   0   0   3    5   0   0    3    3  .389
Jerry Royster          5   16    4    6   0   0   1    2   2   1    6    1  .375
Biff Pocoroba          5   14    1    5   0   0   0    3   0   1    2    0  .357
Jeff Burroughs         5   17    1    6   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    4  .353
Barry Bonnell          5   21    2    6   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    1  .286
Dale Murphy            5   18    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    3    6  .167
Pat Rockett            5   15    2    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    2  .133
Rowland Office         5   16    1    2   0   0   1    1   0   0    0    2  .125
Cito Gaston            4    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bob Beall              5    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Joe Nolan              3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000
Brian Asselstine       2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Mick Kelleher          2    1    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Bill Buckner           5   21    4    9   1   0   1    2   2   0    1    2  .429
Manny Trillo           6   20    0    8   1   0   0    4   0   1    3    2  .400
Ivan DeJesus           6   25    1    9   1   0   0    1   0   2    3    3  .360
Bobby Murcer           6   24    4    7   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .292
Dave Kingman           6   22    1    5   1   0   1    2   0   1    3    9  .227
Dave Rader             6   22    1    5   2   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .227
Larry Biittner         5    9    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .222
Hector Cruz            5   12    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167
Greg Gross             3   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .167
Gene Clines            4   15    1    2   0   0   0    0   1   1    1    0  .133
Steve Ontiveros        3   10    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .100
Rudy Meoli             2    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Joe Wallis             2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Larry Cox              1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Cincinnati           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dave Collins           2    1    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0 1.000
Joe Morgan             6   20    7   10   5   0   2   12   1   1    5    3  .500
Ray Knight             6    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .500
George Foster          6   23    8   10   1   0   2    4   1   1    2    5  .435
Cesar Geronimo         6   20    1    8   1   1   1    6   0   1    4    2  .400
Dave Concepcion        6   23    3    8   2   0   0    5   1   1    1    3  .348
Ken Griffey            6   23    7    8   2   1   0    1   3   0    2    3  .348
Dan Driessen           6   21    5    7   1   0   1    4   3   0    4    1  .333
Johnny Bench           6   20    4    6   1   0   1    5   0   0    5    7  .300
Pete Rose              6   27    4    8   3   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .296
Rick Auerbach          2    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Junior Kennedy         3    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Mike Lum               1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Don Werner             1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Houston              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jesus Alou             3    3    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .667
Wilbur Howard          5    4    2    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500
Cesar Cedeno           7   29    5   10   2   0   1    4   4   1    2    4  .345
Jose Cruz              7   28    3    9   2   0   0    4   0   0    1    5  .321
Bob Watson             7   27    3    8   2   0   0    6   0   0    0    3  .296
Enos Cabell            7   31    3    9   1   0   1    4   2   0    0    7  .290
Terry Puhl             7   27    6    7   0   0   1    2   1   1    3    1  .259
Denny Walling          4    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250
Art Howe               7   25    3    6   3   0   1    3   0   0    2    2  .240
Joe Ferguson           7   26    5    6   1   0   3    5   0   0    2   10  .231
Roger Metzger          7   18    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    2  .111
Dave Bergman           3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Julio Gonzalez         1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Ed Herrmann            1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jimmy Sexton           4    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Los Angeles          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee Lacy               3    2    1    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    0  .500
Steve Yeager           5   18    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    3    3  .389
Steve Garvey           6   26    7   10   2   1   1    6   1   0    2    2  .385
Dusty Baker            6   24    5    9   0   0   0    4   0   0    2    2  .375
Rick Monday            6   22    5    8   3   0   2    8   0   1    5    2  .364
Ron Cey                6   25    4    9   1   0   1    5   0   0    4    2  .360
Reggie Smith           6   25    7    8   3   0   1    4   0   0    2    3  .320
Vic Davalillo          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .250
Bill Russell           6   28    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .214
Davey Lopes            6   24    4    5   1   0   1    5   3   0    6    1  .208
Jerry Grote            1    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .000
Glenn Burke            3    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   1   0    0    0  .000
Ted Martinez           2    0    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Montreal             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Pepe Frias             3    1    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    0 1.000
Larry Parrish          4   13    3    7   3   0   0    5   0   0    0    2  .539
Chris Speier           5   20    3    8   0   1   1    4   0   0    0    2  .400
Dave Cash              5   22    6    8   2   1   0    2   1   0    1    0  .364
Del Unser              4   14    2    5   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    0  .357
Ellis Valentine        5   20    1    7   0   0   1    2   1   1    0    5  .350
Gary Carter            5   20    3    6   1   0   2    5   0   0    3    4  .300
Andre Dawson           5   20    3    4   0   0   0    3   2   1    2    5  .200
Tony Perez             5   20    1    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .200
Wayne Garrett          2    8    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .125
Warren Cromartie       2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Sam Mejias             4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jerry White            2    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Stan Papi              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Bruce Boisclair        4    7    3    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    1  .429
Steve Henderson        7   22    6    7   1   1   3   10   0   0    2    7  .318
Lee Mazzilli           7   24    3    6   2   0   2    4   0   0    2    4  .250
Ed Kranepool           3    8    2    2   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Doug Flynn             7   21    1    5   0   0   0    1   0   1    3    2  .238
Ken Henderson          7   22    2    5   2   0   1    4   0   1    4    4  .227
Tim Foli               7   27    5    6   2   0   0    1   1   1    2    0  .222
Willie Montanez        6   18    3    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .222
John Stearns           7   21    0    4   0   0   0    0   2   0    2    2  .191
Len Randle             7   23    0    1   0   0   0    0   1   1    5    3  .044
Ron Hodges             2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Joel Youngblood        3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Tom Grieve             2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Philadelphia         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Richie Hebner          4   13    3    7   2   0   1    4   0   1    1    0  .539
Tim McCarver           2    2    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500
Garry Maddox           4   16    1    6   1   0   0    3   2   0    2    1  .375
Bake McBride           4   17    3    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .353
Mike Schmidt           4   17    6    6   2   0   1    6   1   0    1    3  .353
Larry Bowa             4   16    3    5   1   0   0    1   2   0    2    3  .313
Greg Luzinski          4   14    2    4   1   0   0    3   1   0    3    2  .286
Ted Sizemore           4   16    2    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .125
Bob Boone              4    9    4    1   0   0   1    4   0   0    5    2  .111
Davey Johnson          2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jay Johnstone          3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Jerry Martin           2    2    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000
Jose Cardenal          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bud Harrelson          3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Pittsburgh           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Steve Brye             4    6    3    3   2   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .500
Manny Sanguillen       1    3    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .333
Bill Robinson          5   11    1    3   2   0   0    1   0   1    4    2  .273
Dave Parker            5   19    1    4   1   0   1    1   0   0    1    2  .211
Frank Taveras          5   20    1    4   1   0   0    3   1   0    0    1  .200
Omar Moreno            5   15    1    3   0   0   0    1   1   1    2    1  .200
John Milner            3    5    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .200
Willie Stargell        5   12    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    4    2  .167
Phil Garner            3    9    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    5  .111
Fernando Gonzalez      4   11    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .091
Rennie Stennett        4   13    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .077
Ed Ott                 5   15    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .067
Jim Fregosi            3    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .000
Mario Mendoza          3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Diego            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Don Reynolds           3    2    0    1   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .500
Dave Winfield          5   22    4    9   1   1   2    8   1   0    0    3  .409
Derrel Thomas          5   16    2    5   1   0   0    0   1   1    4    1  .313
Gene Richards          5   21    4    6   1   0   0    2   1   1    1    5  .286
George Hendrick        5   20    0    5   2   0   0    2   0   0    0    3  .250
Ozzie Smith            5   13    1    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .231
Oscar Gamble           5   18    3    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    3    3  .222
Jerry Turner           5    5    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200
Bill Almon             5   17    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   1    1    1  .177
Gene Tenace            5   12    1    2   1   0   0    0   0   1    7    1  .167
Rick Sweet             3    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Champion          4    2    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000
Chuck Baker            3    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Bob Davis              2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 San Francisco        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Rob Andrews            5   18    4    6   2   1   0    4   1   0    4    2  .333
Marc Hill              5   17    1    5   2   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .294
Darrell Evans          5   18    2    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    2  .278
Larry Herndon          5   19    2    5   2   0   0    1   0   1    3    3  .263
Jack Clark             5   21    4    5   1   0   1    2   0   0    1    4  .238
Terry Whitfield        5   18    3    4   0   1   2    4   0   0    0    4  .222
Willie McCovey         5   16    2    3   1   0   1    3   0   0    3    3  .188
Johnnie Lemaster       5   15    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .067
Skip James             4    2    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Vic Harris             2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000
Tom Heintzelman        1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Mike Ivie              2    1    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .000

 St. Louis            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Keith Hernandez        5   19    5   10   3   0   1    5   2   0    2    1  .526
Mike Tyson             5   16    2    7   1   0   1    6   0   0    1    3  .438
Lou Brock              3    9    2    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    3    3  .333
Ken Reitz              5   19    3    6   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    3  .316
Ted Simmons            5   18    3    5   2   0   0    4   0   0    2    2  .278
Garry Templeton        5   23    3    6   2   0   0    0   1   0    0    2  .261
Jerry Morales          5   21    2    5   1   0   0    2   1   0    1    3  .238
Tony Scott             5   18    3    3   0   1   0    0   1   1    2    3  .167
Roger Freed            2    7    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Jim Dwyer              4    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Dane Iorg              1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000
Mike Phillips          2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  E. Cabell (HOU)          31
  C. Cedeno (HOU)          29
  J. Cruz (HOU)            28
  B. Russell (LA)          28
  T. Foli (NY)             27
  T. Puhl (HOU)            27
  P. Rose (CIN)            27
  B. Watson (HOU)          27
  J. Ferguson (HOU)        26
  S. Garvey (LA)           26

Runs Scored:

  G. Foster (CIN)           8
  S. Garvey (LA)            7
  K. Griffey (CIN)          7
  J. Morgan (CIN)           7
  R. Smith (LA)             7
  D. Cash (MON)             6
  S. Henderson (NY)         6
  T. Puhl (HOU)             6
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          6
  D. Baker (LA)             5

Hits:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)          10
  G. Foster (CIN)          10
  S. Garvey (LA)           10
  K. Hernandez (STL)       10
  J. Morgan (CIN)          10
  D. Baker (LA)             9
  B. Buckner (CHI)          9
  E. Cabell (HOU)           9
  R. Cey (LA)               9
  J. Cruz (HOU)             9

Doubles:

  J. Morgan (CIN)           5
  K. Hernandez (STL)        3
  A. Howe (HOU)             3
  R. Monday (LA)            3
  L. Parrish (MON)          3
  P. Rose (CIN)             3
  R. Smith (LA)             3
  R. Andrews (SF)           2
  S. Brye (PIT)             2
  D. Cash (MON)             2

Triples:

  R. Andrews (SF)           1
  D. Cash (MON)             1
  S. Garvey (LA)            1
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         1
  K. Griffey (CIN)          1
  S. Henderson (NY)         1
  T. Scott (STL)            1
  C. Speier (MON)           1
  T. Whitfield (SF)         1
  D. Winfield (SD)          1

Home Runs:

  J. Ferguson (HOU)         3
  S. Henderson (NY)         3
  G. Matthews (ATL)         3
  G. Carter (MON)           2
  G. Foster (CIN)           2
  L. Mazzilli (NY)          2
  R. Monday (LA)            2
  J. Morgan (CIN)           2
  T. Whitfield (SF)         2
  D. Winfield (SD)          2

RBI:

  J. Morgan (CIN)          12
  S. Henderson (NY)        10
  R. Monday (LA)            8
  D. Winfield (SD)          8
  S. Garvey (LA)            6
  C. Geronimo (CIN)         6
  M. Schmidt (PHI)          6
  M. Tyson (STL)            6
  B. Watson (HOU)           6
  J. Bench (CIN)            5

Stolen Bases:

  C. Cedeno (HOU)           4
  D. Driessen (CIN)         3
  K. Griffey (CIN)          3
  D. Lopes (LA)             3
  L. Bowa (PHI)             2
  B. Buckner (CHI)          2
  E. Cabell (HOU)           2
  A. Dawson (MON)           2
  K. Hernandez (STL)        2
  G. Maddox (PHI)           2

Caught Stealing:

  I. DeJesus (CHI)          2
  B. Almon (SD)             1
  B. Bonnell (ATL)          1
  C. Cedeno (HOU)           1
  G. Clines (CHI)           1
  D. Concepcion (CIN)       1
  A. Dawson (MON)           1
  D. Flynn (NY)             1
  T. Foli (NY)              1
  G. Foster (CIN)           1

Walks:

  G. Tenace (SD)            7
  D. Lopes (LA)             6
  J. Royster (ATL)          6
  J. Bench (CIN)            5
  B. Boone (PHI)            5
  R. Monday (LA)            5
  J. Morgan (CIN)           5
  L. Randle (NY)            5
  R. Andrews (SF)           4
  J. Burroughs (ATL)        4

Strikeouts:

  J. Ferguson (HOU)        10
  D. Kingman (CHI)          9
  J. Bench (CIN)            7
  E. Cabell (HOU)           7
  S. Henderson (NY)         7
  D. Murphy (ATL)           6
  J. Cruz (HOU)             5
  A. Dawson (MON)           5
  G. Foster (CIN)           5
  P. Garner (PIT)           5

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